Upgrade to 2.4 kernal with Redhat

[Jim Herrmann]

If you can reload from scratch, I recommend that.  Starting clean is almost 
always easier than doing an upgrade.  If you have a reasonably recent 
machine, go for the most recent distro version, which would be RH 7.2.  It 
has KDE 2.2 and Koffice 1.1 which are pretty big improvements over the prior 
release.  I'll pass on the advice that I was given when I just recently nuked 
my system and started over, saving only my mail files.  Partition your /home 
directory into a separate disk partition to make it easier to upgrade the 
system the next time.  Mandrake 8.1 did a great job partitioning my drive 
automatically, and I'm sure RH disk druid will have similar improvements.

HTH,
Jim

On Monday 05 November 2001 06:40 pm, you wrote:
> I am currently running Redhat 7.0 which uses the 2.2 kernel. I would like
> to upgrade to kernel 2.4 for the iptables capability in this kernel.
> Overlaying my existing linux system is not a big issue. I have just been
> using it to learn linux. What is the easiest way to upgrade my system to
> the 2.4 kernel. Just getting a full Redhat 7.1 or 7.2 distro on CD and
> reloading from scratch? Download the boot.img from Redhat for the 2.4
> kernal? What compatibility issues would I be looking at? Suggestions from
> those who have been there done that would be greatly appreciated.
>
> THX,
>
> Kent Miller